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"Whitmer Threatens Profit Seizure If Pipeline Keeps Operating" [1]

"Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer threatened Tuesday to go after Enbridge’s profits from a Great Lakes oil pipeline if the company defies her order to shut it down."

Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [7]
Source: AP [8], 05/12/2021

Minnesota 'Clean Cars' Rules May Move Forward, Judge Says [9]

"More electric vehicles could soon be for sale on Minnesota car lots after an administrative law judge ruled Friday that the Walz administration can set new emissions standards without the OK of lawmakers."

Air [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [4]
Transportation [13]
Public [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [7]
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune [14], 05/10/2021
May 23, 2021

DEADLINE: ProPublica's Abrams Reporting Fellows [15]

This two-year-long fellowship is open to three early- to mid-career journalists who want to develop their investigative reporting skills. It pays $75,000 per year and includes full benefits. Fellows will start on July 1, 2021. Apply by May 23, 11:59 p.m. PT.

Workshops and Fellowships [16]
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Journalism & Media [17]
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Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [19]
May 25, 2021 to May 26, 2021

Great Lakes Fishery Commission 2021 Annual Meeting [20]

GLFC will gather virtually May 25 and 26 for their 2021 Annual Meeting, so the public can learn about and discuss developments in the Great Lakes fishery. 9:00 p.m.-3:15 p.m. ET Tuesday and 9:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. ET Wednesday. RSVP required.

Professional Meetings [21]
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Public [6]
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Fish & Fisheries [22]
Water & Oceans [5]
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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [7]

SEJ Calls on DOJ To Expand Investigation of Minneapolis Police Department [23]

April 22, 2021 — Today, SEJ wrote a letter to Attorney General of the United States Merrick B. Garland calling on the Department of Justice to expand its investigation of the Minneapolis Police Department to include violations of civil rights and of the First Amendment stemming from police targeting journalists in Brooklyn Center and anywhere else in Minnesota that occurred during the recent protests. Read the letter [24].

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Diversity [25]
Journalism & Media [17]
Laws & Regulations [12]
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Public [6]

"Judge Nixes Civil Rights Bid to Block Chicago Metal Shredder" [26]

"A federal judge in Illinois has refused to halt city permits for a contested metal recycling plant slated to be built in a pollution-burdened neighborhood in South Chicago."

Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [28]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [7]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [29], 04/16/2021
January 15, 2025

DEADLINE: Richard C. Longworth Media Fellowships [30]

These fellowships, a collaboration between the Pulitzer Center and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, aim to promote international reporting by Chicago and Midwestern journalists. One or two fellowships of $10,000 to $20,000 will be awarded in this round. Apply by Jan 15, 2025.

Workshops and Fellowships [16]
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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [7]

#SEJSpotlight: Greg M. Schwartz, Freelance Investigative Reporter [31]

#SEJSpotlight graphic for Greg M. Schwartz

 

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Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [32]
Journalism & Media [17]
Military [33]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [34]
Pollution [4]
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Flexibility in the Face of the Unexpected [35]

When a Chicago-based freelancer was just about to hit the road to report a three-part story and TV segment on the potential impacts of two proposed copper mines in the Great Lakes basin, there was a little hitch: The COVID-19 pandemic hit. The new FEJ StoryLog has the story of how Lorraine Boissoneault found the flexibility to complete her grant-supported project.

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FEJ StoryLog [36]
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Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [32]
Journalism & Media [17]
Natural Resources [37]
People & Population [38]
Water & Oceans [5]
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National (U.S.) [39]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [7]
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Replacing the Nation’s Lead Lines Begins With Locating Them [40]

One especially ambitious element of the Biden infrastructure plan would swap out millions of lead pipes. It’s a massive, costly endeavor, but could remove from the country’s water supply a neurotoxin that harms human health, especially of kids and the poor. TipSheet looks at the new plan and offers ideas for reporting the story in your area.

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TipSheet [41]
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Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [32]
Government [42]
Health [43]
Journalism & Media [17]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [38]
Water & Oceans [5]
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National (U.S.) [39]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [44]
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